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Recent Examples of unsanctioned
In some ways, the spontaneous, unsanctioned event echoed one staged by the social media star Kai Cenat at Union Square Park in August 2023, with an important difference: In that instance, thousands of his fans erupted in a chaotic melee after the police moved in to break it up.
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Annie Aguiar, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Owens will wrestle Sami Zayn in an unsanctioned match at the Elimination Chamber premium live event on Saturday, March 1, 2025, from Toronto at the Rogers Centre.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Most recently, this was seen when Owens defeated Zayn in an unsanctioned match at Elimination Chamber 2025.
—David Faris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
The shooting took place around 10 p.m. during an unsanctioned car show.
—Pilar Arias, Fox News, 23 Mar. 2025
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From Washington to Newark, recent aviation mishaps are prompting Congress to scrutinize safety protocols, revealing a pattern of miscommunication, unauthorized flights, and technical failures.—
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These unsanctioned deployments can lead to data leakage, unauthorized access and compliance violations—problems that traditional security frameworks are not fully equipped to handle.—
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Additionally, regulators fined 10 companies that knowingly sold marijuana that had failed microbial, heavy metals or pesticide tests, and penalized six growers for using unapproved pesticides.—
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The Trump administration has repeatedly refuted the idea that any classified information was shared in the first known chat thread; however, several former U.S. officials have contended that the sharing of such information over unapproved channels could at a minimum put troops overseas at risk.—
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Federal agents captured 18 immigrants facing deportation during their April 27 raid on an unlicensed Colorado Springs nightclub, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.—
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The unlicensed pickup truck driver McClean hit fled the crash.—
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“Unsanctioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsanctioned. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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